Tagged: Prospect Avenue

Central Standard
10:44 am
Tue July 31, 2012

When Prospect Avenue Was Main Street

Local historian and activist Joelouis Mattox joins us in the second half of Tuesday's Central Standard to discuss the varied history of midtown's Prospect Avenue.

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Business & Tech
11:59 am
Mon April 9, 2012

Long-Time Businessman Holds Hope For Prospect Renewal

Credit Susan B. Wilson / KCUR
Veteran businessman Kenneth Bledsoe with his wife and son.

One veteran businessperson along Kansas City's Prospect Avenue took a very personal interest this week in a celebration of a multi-million dollar community development project along his blighted strip of the boulevard.

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Business & Tech
12:18 pm
Mon January 23, 2012

Incubator Planned For Small-Time Contractors On Prospect

The community development corporation Blue Hills Community Services has been working to rebuild the Blue Hills neighborhood for the past 38 years.  And they've just begun construction on their latest project:  a $3 million energy-efficient renovation of a building at 50th and Prospect.

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